CCM student is Met winner

5:18 PM,
Mar. 15, 2013

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Bass-baritone Thomas Richards, 24, a student at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, was a Grand Finalist Winner of the 2013 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, held March 10 in New York.

It is the "American Idol" of the opera world and provides a huge boost to young singers. The artist diploma student, who studies with William McGraw, was one of six winnowed from 1,500 original competitors in multiple rounds. He and nine other finalists competed in a concert onstage at the Metropolitan Opera, accompanied by the Met Orchestra.